Past Crosley of the Month Winners - Page 28

With the cruising season winding
down I thought I would dig out some Crosley based cruisers from
past Nationals.

The above down scaled Model A roadster pickup was shown at the
1977Crosley Nationals. Tim Freshley recognized this as his first
car that his Dad and he started building when he was 14 from a
48 wagon and got on the road when he was 16. He sold it in
1973 and it has went through a few owners and modifications
since. He did not know who owned it in 1977. Here is an
early photo and
a photo from a
couple of years ago. Last he knew it was in New Jersey.

This scaled down Model T roaster
pickup was shown at the 1981 Crosley Nationals. Jim Welther
writes that the owner was Charles Ide, he is the young guy by
the bucket, he also reported it was shown in 1995 and was for
sale. Looking at the photo more the fellow in the red pants is
Leon Wooster, long time member that died a couple of years
ago. His wife donated a large stash of his Crosley parts to
the club that we sold at the Nationals this year.

If any one recognizes either roadster pickups and give me more
info I will add it to the description.

Lizzy Frey Kid Reporter and the
Youth Project Girl gave a progress report on her CC Sedan
project with her Grandfather. They answered questions on Friday
of the 2013 Nationals during a tech session. She has learned to
worksheet metal and weld along with many other skills so
far.

She is making a list of what she needs to finish the project.
She plans to show it completed at the 2014 Nationals.

She had a nice display of her
progress on the Youth Project that she took over after lastyears
meet. Lizzy has been a regular volunteer for many years. She is
rebuilding this CC sedan with her grandfather. Many
members and vendors have made donations of parts and time
helping her.

Lizzy is already looking ahead to her next Crosley project, she
hopes it is a Hotshot or Super Sports.

Here are a couple of photos Peter
Berard of Georgia sent me a few years ago of his favorite
thing. I know the 48 pickup is called Truk and Pete's wife
is Julie. Couldn't find what he calls his Super Sports.

Those of you on the Crosley_Gang
message board have heard him talk about Truk, here it is.
He writes "Note the attitude
of Mr. Truk's rear end. I accidentally put the spring
shackles under the spring. That gives it a bit of
an attitude. Gonna leave them that way at least for a
while. The handling seems to be unaffected."

Bob Sherman sent me these photos of
his ride. He didn't give many details but here is what I
know. Engine 2.5 Iron Duke w/ 5 speed.

Dale Frederick of PA brought his
1950 Pickup Tow Truck to 2013 Nationals. He was having way to
much fun with it.

When I got back a little late on
Friday afternoon he was trying to tow my F250 Fordpickup with
camper away with a little help from Little
Al.

Richard Campbell of NY recently
acquired an HMod that was supposedly designed/built by Don
Miller in the late 50's. It was listed as a 1958 but has no
paper work. The engine, transmission and drivetrain are all
standard Crosley. Everything else is custom.

Don Miller was a prolific HMod
designer and builder. He is supposed to have made about 40 of
the cars -- many with Crosley components -- but he also worked
with other power plants.

Does this look at all familiar to you? Rich would like to find
more information on where his car was raced and any other
history.

I wouldn't normally put an Hmod up
two months in a row but when I put up "Richard Campbell request
for info last month the current owner of this nice Fibersport
Hmod, Chuck Koehler of PA, reminded me he had made a similar
request several years ago. I of course misfiled the photos
and the request, so here it is. Chuck bought the Fibersport in
2011 and would like to find out more about it's racing
history. The Fibersport was made in limited numbers by
John May in the 50s. The above pictures was taken in 1988 of
Terry Matheny, a past owner, vintage racing.

Here are a few shot of the Fibersport as it was shown at the 2011
Nationals, click the forward arrow for more shots. Chuck
would really like any early photos of the car and racing
history.

An earlier photo of the same car
with different paint.

April 28th was the 75th anniversary
of the unveiling of the Crosley automobile at the Indianapolis
Speedway. Here is a shot of the covered cars as the press and
others were starting to gather. It was estimated that 2000
Crosley dealers, dignitaries and industrial leaders were in
attendance.

“I have always wanted to build
a practical car that would not only operate at a low cost but
sell at a low cost, and I believe we have it here. This is no
idle whim of mine to offer a diversity from other Crosley
products. I have been dreaming of this car for some 28 years.”
Powel Crosley

I'm sure the 1939 LaSalle was
parked in the shot to show the contrast in size with the all new
1939 Crosley. The official ceremony included Powel Crosley's
grandson Lewis, breaking a bottle of gas over the nose of one of
the cars and test drives around the Indy track.

These are two of the many photos donated to CAC of the event by
the Grandson of the photographer. Ted Carroll was sorting
through his Grandfather's old negatives and thought they should
be saved. Bill Carroll (the photographer) was a Crosley Dealer
and had been invited to the event..

Steven Olinger of Virgina has been
working hard to finish his FarmOroad. When he sent this photo to
me last Fall it wasn't quite finished yet. Steve bought his FOR
from president Dave, here
is the before picture. Steve wanted to thank everyone that
helped with advise and parts for his project and especially his
wife and family.

Steve did get it done in time to be
in the local Christmas parade with his family, the heater really
works good in a FarmOroad.

I don't know if Steve is planing on bringing his freshly
restored FOR to the Nationals in July, but we hope he joins with
what should be a good turn out of FarmOroads this year as the
Spotlight class.